The world wants to be deceived.

The mind longs for what it has missed.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb

Women are one and all a set of vultures.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.

There is always something left to love.

Being pure in conduct also includes honesty and integrity in dealing with our fellowmen. A Christian should be known in his neighborhood or place of business as an honest person.

The spirits of the dead are not among us to entertain us... Assuming the revenants you encounter have simply signed up to play haunted house for the amusement of the living is just plain ignorant.

[T]hat's the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the victim, especially when he strikes back.

When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.

Searching for a boy in high school is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie.

You continue to build and work on new things, and continue to beat offensive linemen, week in and week out.

Movies that are consciously life-affirming are to be consciously avoided.

Church and state are, and must remain, separate.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.